The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-05-28
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EDITORS GA2ETTE:


EDITORS HAzETTE:
Your suggestion in last weeks issue
If the GAYEFFe, with regard to pri-
q nary nv election qr convention, is :
ifT irood one. spd, I believe, will bs ap-
oroyed BY two-thIrds or more 81 the
Eopseryative Democrats Of Grsasda
county, believing this. T do not
thjnk tho executive sompmittss can
,.fdfora to ignore i, for ~ you, 50 Justly
ststsd, It viii place the responsibility
Directly on the voters themselves.
II m view Of the present capyass, it is
also we'll for % al to cqpsider the
nolitical outlook for the people, and
ssapecislly for the Democratic party.
Yirst, I learn that the Farmera' Re-
il lijsf and Alliance Associations, COM
m mnoeed Of the farmers Of our county.
Men of sterling worth, and the bone
sad sinaw which produces the sub
i 1s;spee-the products from which we
iii Iii live. and some grow rich upon
sad d they are supported by intelligence
nd moral worth that stands une-
aHaled, as q body, ta no sect or party !;
in5 they are composed Of the best
sIenlent Of that class, and they ore or
viii shape i course In the affairs of
ihe political, as we'll as the financial,
anerations Of the county, to say the
lssst. So I can bit see deter
mutation on the part of many to
make politics q prime object, perhaps
,u shaping the course of that most
honorable association, and it cannot
be denied or avoided, for its cropping
out by whispers and the falling Of a
few dots here and there occasionally,
like the leaves Of autumn--but not
dead or scared as by the early frost
but they are as the green leaf Of
epripg=-busy as the industrious bee
and they intend and will show
their growth, strength and power.
40 I feel that their objects are lauda-
Bile, and their aims cannot be dlspu-
ted, and worthy Of their most honor
able vocation; all of which ! Judge
by what / read, as published rs the
principals Of their order,and so far as
/ aAn learn, ! hold them good, sound
aud wholesome in their main feature,
II correctly and properly carried out
with reason and just prudence on
the part of all-will do good in en-
hanoing their stability and prosperity
But fear a shaping Of their course
may bring discord and division in
our political ranksi so | ask, as an
old Democrat, that our executive
committee when they call for heat
conventions to meet, to send dele
gates to our county convention,
let it be conservative in its strict
eat Interpretation and liberal in its
provision, as can be done consistently
with Democratic usuage and custom,
thereby casting oil upon the political
waters, and let it be balm that will
heal all previous dissentions, politi-
cally, and thereby bring about a
healthy union Of sentiment among
our people as 1t was in days gone BY,
for all the disentsrs Of that grand old
party lsave, perhaps, few who have
Joined their idle the RAIDS, So
let them alone) are good, staunch and
reliabls men, hard workers and hon
.sH men, and some who was tried on
the field of battls--battling for the
cause of the South that they loved as
dearly as any men in the land, So
let the great Democratic Conservative
party be liboral and put no unreas-
enable restriction upon those men,
for they are generous, noble, brave
and patriotic and devoted citizens
So lets oil show our faith by our
declaration, conservative.
pen these hasty notes of warning
for the good Of our common interest
and inheritage-that is, unity for the
good Of all. So heuse not divided
cannot fall; and let oil sup together
again at the old Democratic feast IN
November, 1857. Again ! remind all
Democrats that conservatism was
given as an addition to the name
Democrat for good purpose, While
Ioppossd any new handle to the old
name, my party thought best to
adopt It. So in conformity to the old
rule, that the majority vote we'll and